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April 24, 2024 20:27

• Rights defender Igor Nagavkin released from SIZO

  Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, whom the Volgograd Regional Court decided to release from custody, has left the territory of the SIZO (pre-trial prison) and went home to the town of Kalach-on-Don, stating that he would seek full rehabilitation.

April 24, 2024 18:21

• Analysts doubt involvement of armed underground in incident in Karachaevsk

  An attack on policemen in Karachaevsk, as a result of which two of them were killed, is not connected with the armed underground, since it has been practically eliminated in Northern Caucasus.

April 23, 2024 23:11

• Rights defender comments on court ruling to release Nagavkin

  The court ruling to release Igor Nagavkin, a Volgograd human rights defender, from custody is due to the fact that the judicial system would not admit its mistakes, Yulia Evdokimova, a lawyer and human rights defender, has explained.

April 23, 2024 21:43

• Volgograd blogger detained for insulting Russian militaries

  Pavel Prokudin, a trash streamer from Volgograd, suspected of insulting fighters at the special military operation (SMO), has been detained in an apartment in Penza registered in someone else's name. He asked for forgiveness and explained that he was drunk.

April 23, 2024 19:53

• Residents of Chechnya comment on authorities' reaction to Uspanov's death

  The Chechen society has no trust in the official version of Askhab Uspanov's suicide at the police station; this was stated by many Chechen residents.